Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-02

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Jndge Hoyt sustained the city today
10 the case against Joseph GeiRer. Tbs
decision was not only very interesting
b1t very imp0rtana, IN view Of the fact
that the Judgment vas directly in the
face Of that Of the Sapreme Court IN the
fesieF sass Of Seattle. Il was Q similar
case. taken up on q refusal Of the de-
| PENDANT to pay for street Improvement
/ The old charter Of Tacoma follswef
that Of S sattie In fixing tae assessment
TO vary according to the Valuation Of
the property. This, - viii be remem-
bered, was II the Healer ease declared
| by the Saprenae Court 90 be unco1atitd
| ti6pal-ooufraTy TO the organic act.
which said that all taxation must be
Uniform. The Geigsr ease grew cut Of
] this, the collection being attempted IN
der the old charter (the assessment hav
lag beea made under I'D a. provided in
the new charter. street Improvement
vas partially stopped here By the Yesler
decision and remained % until the cleo
ton Of City Attorney Carroll, who
pushed the case (as he says) WITH
view Of being defeated in the lower
court and with tbs expectation that the
Sapreme Court would reverse itself
Judge Hoyt, however. surprised him BY
rendering judgment for the city. In
/ doing 50 the Judge said: "9he decision
of the Supreme Court in tee Yealer case
have never adopted a. the laW-with
Ill - -. O..
the Supreme Court. Il il 90 contrary 10
nv idea Of what Law is.'' he further
held that assessments upon street i'm
proVemeuts shoald be fixed absorbing
TO the value such improvements would
add 20 abatting pFOpeFty-an entirely
nex holding.
TIE LAST OF THE MoNeoI1AEs.
A Chinaman arrived in town yester-
day presumably 10 attend couIs, as q
witness in the Conspiracy casee. He
hustled onto the wharf and asked to be
direeted to the residence Of Sing Wah.
He was told that Sing Meh and all the
other tuneful Rentlemsn of the pig-tail
persuasi had become very much dis
couEaged with the business outlook Of
Tacoma nearly two years ago and had
risen up a. one man and gone gathering
down the railroad track. Tee stranger
gave the name of Hang Il, or something
like that. and walked 40 the steep in
cline to Pacific Avenue in Q thoughtful
way. At the head Of the hill be WIS
greeted by several gentlemen, vhs in
tsFviewed him particularly. He drifted
around to the court house, where they
told him be vas not wanted jast yet;
and then be driftsd out TO the street
aeain-the only one Of his kind in all
the city. By this time the gentlemen
Who bad interviewed him at the top Of
the bill had been busy, and committee
vas nov appointed to watch him aad
see that be might not settle down when
his duties at the court we're done. The
Chinsman moved about from one place
10 another all dav keeping on the sunny
side of the streets and occasionally
stopping at the corners, and as be rest
ed, with the emphasis on his right leg,
be would look over toward the great
mountain Kising far above his fellows In
the east and see ned to compare note es
TO whion was the most lonesome. Dur
ing these periods of rest an observer
might have noticed the committee on
the opposite side of the street leaning
heavily upon their respective left legs
and with an eye, for sue time being
blind to the grandeur of nature in the
east, beat steadily upon the solitary
Chinaman.
LEFr-HANDED BOOM.
JudQe Lewis was at The Tacoma yes
terday and when q reT orter addressed
him be said am not here on law
business this time"
Perhaps that makes it more inter
estinOn was suggested,
"No. It's town lots this time-town
lots"
"Ah, that will be boom for Tacoma.
to say that a prominent lawyer of Sc
attic has come to Tacoma TO bay lots"
Yes, it would" said the Judge, bat
have to sell. have fifteen or twenty
lots up here somewhere, and l want to
get rid Of them"
BULE SIXTEEN.
When Mr.. Hannah called up his ordi
nance to do away with contracts ia city
work, at the meeting Of The Council ON
Monday evening, Mr.. Bsshf0rd said
that be believed Mr.. Hannah had voted
on the wrong side of that bill TO enable
him TO call il up."
Just turn 10 rule sixteen and You
will see What authority l have" said
Mr. Hannah.
Mayor Mann turned to the page and
read distinctly as follows: "No motion
| for reconsideration Of any vote hall be
in order unless IL be nasds in the same
or the follosinQ session and by mem
Der voting in the affirmative"
II think there was three of as who
yot d in the Affirmative" said Hannah,
aud l vas one Of them, therefore move
for reconsideration. l do this TO have II
| resent to q COMMITTEES"
The Mayor, Bashford and others who
knew that some one must have bluBd-
cred outraeeoasly in the construction Of
that rule, smiled, the question was put
and the ordinance revived. Then
Hannah moved that the ordinance be
referred TO the committee that bad
handled IL before. BaskfOrd amended,
sanding Il 10 the Strests aud Public
| Property Committee, Of which Kelly is
Chairman and Hannah and Bacon mem
bers. Bacon il against the ordinance
and Chairman Kelly is be who dubbed
1t Ian ordinance to prevent the letting
OF city work bY contrast" So u is in
bad hands Everybody voted 10 barry il
there bat Hannah aud Lillis. Hannah
has been saying repeatedly that the
Judiciary has always opposed him, and
| so u keII6kus woo Is y bANyGAs ttUukut
the Streets and Public Property Com
mittee sh0nld have a vhirl at IL.
THE 90 OPERATIVE IDEA.
The cooperative store recently estab-
lished BY the Knights Of Labor on ia
oiiic avenue il reported 70 be = success.
The members hold stock at the rate Of
| $50 per share and purchase at the
store. The profits go to the stockhold
ers. IL Is stated thai the store Is only
hrst move IN a direction to be followed
| further; that a Wholesale house is to be
established in Que Of the new baiidings
in the burnt block, walsh will do bust
uess With other such stores 10 be estsb-
iished thr0ugkout the Territory. This
isl matter 10 come before the next
session Of the District Assembly. Rost.
johnson is bosiness manager of the
present store, and Alexander Macready,
late candidats on the Peoples ticket
for County Treasurer, holds the funds
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